APD asks for help in Asheville hit-and-run case

8:50 PM,
Oct. 5, 2012

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City police are investigating a hit-and-run last month and attempting to identify a suspect.

Officers were dispatched to a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian around 11 p.m. on Sept. 17 on Riverside Drive near the Craven Street bridge.

The driver of the vehicle called 911 to report the crash and told officers he was traveling north on Riverside Drive and drove around a blind curve in the roadway. He also said he saw what at first appeared to be a bag of trash or a tarp in the middle of the roadway. As he got closer, he said that what he first thought was a bag of trash was a human body. ...